tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post2669494291593064472..comments2024-03-25T19:30:07.450-04:00Comments on A Retired Teacher in Mexico City: The Computer Nightmare ContinuesRetired Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-65558722676164707282016-06-29T12:31:38.373-04:002016-06-29T12:31:38.373-04:00Haha! It's funny you mention Xbox, because my...Haha! It's funny you mention Xbox, because my husband was especially annoyed by that one too!Meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-39252704930011654162016-06-25T08:50:16.719-04:002016-06-25T08:50:16.719-04:00Muchas gracias for that information, Gary. I inst...Muchas gracias for that information, Gary. I installed the "codec" and the player is working.<br />Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-56157610318710583372016-06-24T09:34:35.572-04:002016-06-24T09:34:35.572-04:00Your issue with Windows Media Player is now probab...Your issue with Windows Media Player is now probably one with codecs. Again, this is not something to do with Microsoft or Windows 10! Chances are your old Win 7 unit came with (useful) codec bloatware, or someone installed a codec pack for you. It's easily solved. Install a fresh set of codecs!<br /><br />https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm<br /><br />Windows 10 offers noticeable performance improvements over Win 7. Once you've adjusted to it, you'll find Win 10 and 7 are far more alike than different when it comes to every day use.Gary Dennesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121466795073130174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-13639702754415939422016-06-24T08:45:57.450-04:002016-06-24T08:45:57.450-04:00I'll have to look again, but I didn't see ...I'll have to look again, but I didn't see any guest option.Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-50589498186153421432016-06-24T08:45:01.217-04:002016-06-24T08:45:01.217-04:00I called the computer store yesterday, and he show...I called the computer store yesterday, and he showed me how change the settings so that any pictures, documents, etc. automatically go into the larger drive that has 2 TB.<br />He claimed there was no problem with bloatware. Yeah, right! The operating system drive was so full that I couldn't run the Photoshop program that I had installed! He showed me how to uninstall programs, and with much trepidation I deleted a bunch of stuff that was obviously junk.<br />One thing that still angers me is that the Windows Media Player will no longer play DVDs. I can play music and rip CDs, but nothing else. On my old computers the Media Player worked with both commercial DVDs and the ones of travel photos that I had created, and even the files from my Video Studio program. I did some research, and found a lot of people complaining about the same issue. I will have to find a different media player to install (hopefully it won't take up much space!)<br />Call me a dinosaur (which I am), but I never had all these problems when I bought the last computer, and I haven't found anything better about Windows 10 over Windows 7.<br />Saludos,<br />Bill Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-69811612108361617802016-06-24T08:24:39.751-04:002016-06-24T08:24:39.751-04:00I've installed Disqus. It does have the option...I've installed Disqus. It does have the option for a guest post.Gary Dennesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121466795073130174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-70488558618571330862016-06-24T08:21:54.745-04:002016-06-24T08:21:54.745-04:00And why is it that I suddenly need a password in o...And why is it that I suddenly need a password in order to comment on your blog?Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-83688328769444538582016-06-24T08:20:42.017-04:002016-06-24T08:20:42.017-04:00Well, I went through yesterday and uninstalled a b...Well, I went through yesterday and uninstalled a bunch of stuff that was obviously unwanted and unnecessary. However, I was afraid to delete some things for fear that it might be important for the operation of the computer. And then there were useless things (at least for me) that Microsoft would not allow me to delete... like a link to X-box! I now have 2.74 GB of free space on that disc. Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-46847169877860773742016-06-23T14:35:45.501-04:002016-06-23T14:35:45.501-04:00You are not alone in the fight against bloatware! ...You are not alone in the fight against bloatware! When we upgraded to Windows 10 a couple of weeks ago, my husband (thankfully, an IT guy), spent a couple of *hours* sorting through it all and deleting the programs we don't want/need.Meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-63975783974421844212016-06-23T13:58:12.800-04:002016-06-23T13:58:12.800-04:00And you should still install Disqus! Google commen...And you should still install Disqus! Google comments is bloggers bloatware! :)Gary Dennesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121466795073130174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-10383868497694530922016-06-23T13:56:40.745-04:002016-06-23T13:56:40.745-04:00If you had an external HDD with all your old photo...If you had an external HDD with all your old photos, it should have been a simple matter of dragging and dropping. It sounds like the person who helped you used a file transfer protocol of some sort. Not the way I'd have gone.<br /><br />You likely have an SSD (a small very very fast storage drive for the OS and program installations) and then a large HDD for storing all the bulky stuff. This has become the normal way to do things. You wouldn't use an SSD to store photos on in that sort of storage configuration.<br /><br />However, the OS will always place document folders of the default drive. You would need to manually change them. All of these isses would still apply if you installed Windows 7, by the by! The biggest issue, still, is all that bloatware though. It's horrible stuff.<br /><br />The good news : Windows 10 really is a very nice operating system, and much nicer to use than Windows 7 once you've gotten past that learning curve. It's really not a steep learning curve.Gary Dennesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121466795073130174noreply@blogger.com